Three arrested in a murder in an apartment in the port of Toronto

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Friend mourns 31-year-old Daniel Hoffman, who was found in his unit on Wednesday night

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April 15, 2022 • 5 hours ago • 2 minutes reading • 9 comments Daniel Hoffman, 31, was found stabbed to death in his apartment near Harbor and York St. on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Photo by Handout / Toronto Police

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Three people were arrested on Wednesday for the fatal stabbing of a 31-year-old Toronto man in his port apartment.

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Toronto police say the arrests of two women and a man for the murder of Daniel Hoffman – in a high-rise building near York and Harbor St. – were made with the help of cops in the Niagara area.

Sylvain Bernier last saw Hoffman on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m., when he left his wallet to a friend he had forgotten about after hanging out last Saturday.

“We didn’t talk much. We were both in a hurry, “he said of the brief meeting when Hoffman went downstairs to pick up his wallet.

Police were called to the high-rise building shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday.

“It’s awful. I’m so upset and I denied it at first,” said Bernie, who heard about the murder on Thursday morning. “It’s very shocking.”

“We became good friends because my ex-girlfriend knew him very well,” Bernie told Hoffman, who has worked in finance for about a year and a half. “We could all get together and get closer.”

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Adriana Desario (see here), 20, of Oakville, Nicki Kirimi, 18, of Toronto, and Dawson Aguilera Jimenez, 22, of Toronto, are charged with second-degree murder for the murder of Daniel Hoffman, 31, Wednesday, April 13. 2022 Photo by Handout / Police Toronto

Bernie was not surprised to learn that the arrests were coming quickly, as the tower of the apartment had a large guard.

“There are so many cameras that there’s no way they can get out of there without being noticed,” he said.

Nicki Kirimi (see here), 18 from Toronto, Adriana Desario, 20, from Oakville, and Dawson Aguilera Jimenez, 22, from Toronto, are charged with second-degree murder for the murder of Daniel Hoffman, 31, Wednesday, April 13, 2022 d. Photo from Handout / Police Toronto

Hoffman, according to a friend, is on his way home to Windsor for the long Easter weekend before heading to New York for work and then traveling to Miami for a friend’s bachelor party.

“His father came to pick him up,” Bernie said. – Can you imagine how he should feel?

Dawson Aguilera Jimenez (see here), 22, from Toronto, Nicki Kirimi, 18, from Toronto, and Adriana Desario, 20, from Oakville, are charged with second-degree murder for the murder of Daniel Hoffman, 31, Wednesday, April 13, 2022 d. Photo from Handout / Police Toronto

Adriana Desario, 20, of Oakville; and Nicki Kirimi, 18, and Dawson Aguilera Jimenez, 22, both from Toronto, are charged with second-degree murder.

They all appeared in court at the Old Town Hall on Friday via video link.

Investigators are concerned that there may be other criminal investigations involving those defendants using different names, police said, releasing photos of the trio.

Anyone with information is asked to call the homicide department at 416-808-7400 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.

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